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Senescent cells targeted with new nanocarrier drug delivery system
Senescent, or zombie cells, are being targeted with the development of a new nanocarrier drug delivery system.
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Saliva diagnostics: Will saliva translate into a real diagnostic tool?
Saliva has been used to measure stress hormones, enzyme levels and cancer mutations...
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Blood test predicts treatment response for metastatic prostate cancer
Testing could lead to extension of life through improved clinical decision-making by identifying patients who need to switch from targeted hormonal therapy to chemotherapy...
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Veliparib improves overall response rates in SCLC patients
Novel biomarker identified those with improved progression-free and overall survival...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific opens U.S. Precision Medicine Science Center
Supports development of analytical workflows to generate precise molecular profiles of patients...
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Blood test shows potential for early detection of lung cancer
A test that analyses free-floating DNA in the blood may be able to detect early-stage lung cancer...
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Development of a quantitative pharmacodynamic assay for apoptosis in fixed tumour tissue
Researchers have developed a highly specific apoptosis assay designed for immunofluorescence microscopy analysis of fixed core needle biopsy specimens...
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Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in CT brain scan
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of brain scan (CT), more accurately than current methods.
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Blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance
A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years before its onset in people living with someone with active TB...
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Test for antibiotic associated kidney damage in children with CF identified
New research highlights effective methods for identifying a common side effect in children receiving drug treatments for Cystic fibrosis...
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Blood test detects early stages of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have developed and validated a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, with the potential to massively ramp up the pace of Alzheimer’s disease drug trials...
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The future of bioanalysis with microchip chromatography
Much rests on the further development of bioanalytical technologies which allow the highest level of sensitivity on small samples, and robust, high reproducibility across large populations. Johan Devenyns, CEO PharmaFluidics, explains further...
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Cancer drug stimulates tripolar mode of mitosis
Taxanes inhibit cell division and make cancer cells sensitive to radiation therapy, a current study has investigated the underlying mechanisms of this action...
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Novartis combination targeted therapy receives FDA approval
The FDA has approved Novartis’ Tafinlar (dabrafenib) in combination with Mekinist (trametinib) to treat patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Raman spectroscopy as a blood glucose monitoring tool
European Pharmaceutical Review, Issue 2 of 2016 focused on nanotechnology and stem cell technology to monitor glucose and prevent diabetes, respectively. The aim of this review is to sensitise the technology innovators in this field by providing expert opinions on biomedical products and technologies that have come the closest so…
